diff --git a/.evergreen/buildvariants-and-tasks.in.yml b/.evergreen/buildvariants-and-tasks.in.yml
index a0ae901cefd..c3a19e32862 100644
--- a/.evergreen/buildvariants-and-tasks.in.yml
+++ b/.evergreen/buildvariants-and-tasks.in.yml
@@ -259,6 +259,12 @@ buildvariants:
     - name: e2e-coverage-<%= group.number %>
     <% } %>
 
+  - name: publish-e2e-tests
+    display_name: Publish E2E Tests Docker Image
+    run_on: ubuntu2004-large
+    tasks:
+      - name: publish-e2e-tests
+
   - name: csfle-tests
     display_name: CSFLE Tests
     run_on: ubuntu2004-large
@@ -528,3 +534,9 @@ for (const compassDistribution of COMPASS_DISTRIBUTIONS) {
       - func: create_static_analysis_report
         vars:
           first_party_dependency_filenames: <%= firstPartyDepsFilenames.map(f => '.sbom/' + f).join(',') %>
+
+  - name: publish-e2e-tests
+    tags: ['run-on-pr']
+    commands:
+      - func: clone
+      - func: package-and-publish-e2e-docker-image
diff --git a/.evergreen/buildvariants-and-tasks.yml b/.evergreen/buildvariants-and-tasks.yml
index 12e0c34f457..e99273e2c12 100644
--- a/.evergreen/buildvariants-and-tasks.yml
+++ b/.evergreen/buildvariants-and-tasks.yml
@@ -242,6 +242,11 @@ buildvariants:
       - name: e2e-coverage-1
       - name: e2e-coverage-2
       - name: e2e-coverage-3
+  - name: publish-e2e-tests
+    display_name: Publish E2E Tests Docker Image
+    run_on: ubuntu2004-large
+    tasks:
+      - name: publish-e2e-tests
   - name: csfle-tests
     display_name: CSFLE Tests
     run_on: ubuntu2004-large
@@ -1774,3 +1779,9 @@ tasks:
         vars:
           first_party_dependency_filenames: >-
             .sbom/first-party-deps-compass-package-ubuntu.json,.sbom/first-party-deps-compass-package-windows.json,.sbom/first-party-deps-compass-package-rhel.json,.sbom/first-party-deps-compass-package-macos-x64.json,.sbom/first-party-deps-compass-package-macos-arm.json,.sbom/first-party-deps-compass-isolated-package-ubuntu.json,.sbom/first-party-deps-compass-isolated-package-windows.json,.sbom/first-party-deps-compass-isolated-package-rhel.json,.sbom/first-party-deps-compass-isolated-package-macos-x64.json,.sbom/first-party-deps-compass-isolated-package-macos-arm.json,.sbom/first-party-deps-compass-readonly-package-ubuntu.json,.sbom/first-party-deps-compass-readonly-package-windows.json,.sbom/first-party-deps-compass-readonly-package-rhel.json,.sbom/first-party-deps-compass-readonly-package-macos-x64.json,.sbom/first-party-deps-compass-readonly-package-macos-arm.json
+  - name: publish-e2e-tests
+    tags:
+      - run-on-pr
+    commands:
+      - func: clone
+      - func: package-and-publish-e2e-docker-image
diff --git a/.evergreen/e2e-tests/Dockerfile b/.evergreen/e2e-tests/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dfcb8f79d03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.evergreen/e2e-tests/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# "bullseye" is the debian distribution that ubuntu:20.04 is based on
+ARG NODE_JS_VERSION=20
+FROM node:${NODE_JS_VERSION}-bullseye
+
+COPY . /compass-monorepo-root
+WORKDIR /compass-monorepo-root
+
+RUN npm i -g npm@10.2.4
+RUN npm run bootstrap-ci
+
+CMD ["npm run test-web"]
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diff --git a/.evergreen/e2e-tests/package-and-publish-docker-image.sh b/.evergreen/e2e-tests/package-and-publish-docker-image.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec264dd5f87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.evergreen/e2e-tests/package-and-publish-docker-image.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+post_evergreen_status() {
+  status="$1"
+  type="$2"
+  desc="$3"
+  should_continue="$4"
+  curl --silent --show-error --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data \
+    '{"status": "'"$status"'", "type": "'"$type"'", "desc": "'"$desc"'", "should_continue": '"$should_continue"'}' \
+    "http://localhost:2285/task_status" || true
+}
+
+# NOTE: do not -x here there are "env" vars in the commands
+set -e
+
+MONOREPO_ROOT_DIR="$(cd $(dirname "$0")/../..; pwd)"
+cd $MONOREPO_ROOT_DIR
+
+echo "building e2e tests image from ${PWD}"
+docker build -t compass-e2e-tests:$github_commit --build-arg "NODE_JS_VERSION=$NODE_JS_VERSION" -f "./.evergreen/package-and-publish-e2e-docker-image/Dockerfile" .
+echo "e2e tests image built"
+
+# skip if the image already exists
+if aws ecr describe-images --region $ECR_REGION --repository-name=compass/e2e-tests --image-ids=imageTag=$github_commit; then
+    echo "Image with tag '${github_commit}' found in the 'compass/e2e-tests' repository. Setting task status to 'success'..."
+    post_evergreen_status success test "image tag '${github_commit}' already exists in the 'compass/e2e-tests' repository" false
+else
+    echo "Image with tag '${github_commit}' not found in the 'compass/e2e-tests' repository. Continuing with remainder of task..."
+fi
+
+echo "pushing e2e tests image to ECR"
+aws ecr get-login-password --region $ECR_REGION | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin $ECR_REGISTRY
+docker tag compass-e2e-tests:$github_commit $ECR_REGISTRY/compass/e2e-tests:$github_commit
+docker push $ECR_REGISTRY/compass/e2e-tests:$github_commit
+echo "image pushed"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.evergreen/functions.yml b/.evergreen/functions.yml
index acf5b475190..c9968cfa4df 100644
--- a/.evergreen/functions.yml
+++ b/.evergreen/functions.yml
@@ -132,6 +132,20 @@ post:
     params:
       file: src/.logs/*.xml
 functions:
+  package-and-publish-e2e-docker-image:
+    command: shell.exec
+    params:
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        <<: *compass-env
+        AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${aws_key}
+        AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${aws_secret}
+        ECR_REGISTRY: ${ecr_registry}
+      include_expansions_in_env: [github_commit, ECR_REGION]
+      script: |
+        set -e
+        bash .evergreen/e2e-tests/package-and-publish-docker-image.sh
+    
   clone:
     - command: git.get_project
       type: system